It’s been said all year that if Michigan could snag a couple more key skill players to go with the offensive line it is assembling in the class of 2013, this could be quite a juggernaut in the next few years.

This weekend, the Wolverines have a chance to make a big impression when rival Michigan State comes to town. They’ll host Richmond (Va.) native Derrick Green, a Sporting News Top 125 running back who has all the colleges drooling. He’ll be checking out Michigan this weekend, but has November visits scheduled to Auburn and Oregon. He visited Tennessee, too.

David Dawson recently dropped Michigan, and now he's taking a look at Florida this weekend, as the Gators host South Carolina. (AP Photo)

He is a special back.

“College coaches like my speed at 4.31 in the 40-yard dash,” Green told Sporting News earlier this year. “They also like my size at 220 (pounds), my vision, my hands, my power and the yards I get after contact. It’s usually between four and seven more yards. That’s what makes me a BCS-level recruit.”

Also, SN125 DB Leon McQuay III thought about traveling to Michigan this weekend, but is now going to Ann Arbor the weekend of Nov. 9, his father confirmed with Sporting News on Thursday. They will also visit Oregon and Florida State in upcoming weeks, and already checked out Vanderbilt.

Another key visit will be that of David Dawson, the SN125 lineman who recently parted ways with Michigan and almost instantly proclaimed Florida his new leader. Dawson will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to watch Gators this weekend play South Carolina. The Detroit native will have a fellow Michigan native with him in OL Cameron Dillard, who committed to the Gators many months ago.

In other tidbits, SN125 DB/QB Juwaan Williams will check out Clemson this weekend after previously going to Notre Dame and Oregon. Williams is a Georgia native. … SN125 DB and Fresno (Calif.) native L.J. Moore will take an official visit to Oregon State this weekend. Visits to Oklahoma and UCLA will follow, and don’t rule out nearby Cal.